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Survival of the fittest
This is a ground breaking interview IMHO. Chilling in parts, but it seems to have arrived at the same conclusions that Iâm coming to recently.So grab a coffee and read it all. (extract) "I think there is a clash between civilizations here [as Huntington argues]. I think the West today resembles the Roman Empire of the fourth, fifth and sixth centuries: The barbarians are attacking it and they may also destroy it." The Muslims are barbarians, then? "I think the values I mentioned earlier are values of barbarians - the attitude toward democracy, freedom, openness; the attitude toward human life. In that sense they are barbarians. The Arab world as it is today is barbarian." And in your view these new barbarians are truly threatening the Rome of our time? "Yes. The West is stronger but itâs not clear whether it knows how to repulse this wave of hatred. The phenomenon of the mass Muslim penetration into the West and their settlement there is creating a dangerous internal threat. A similar process took place in Rome. They let the barbarians in and they toppled the empire from within." Is it really all that dramatic? Is the West truly in danger? "Yes. I think that the war between the civilizations is the main characteristic of the 21st century. I think President Bush is wrong when he denies the very existence of that war. Itâs not only a matter of bin Laden. This is a struggle against a whole world that espouses different values. And we are on the front line. Exactly like the Crusaders, we are the vulnerable branch of Europe in this place." The situation as you describe it is extremely harsh. You are not entirely convinced that we can survive here, are you? "The possibility of annihilation exists." Posted by: tipper 2004-01-09 |
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